Leadership

Entertainment and Sports Law Leadership

Casey Gill Summar is the Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council, where she oversees the organization including the Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts program. Casey co-founded this program as the Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (TNVLA) in 2006, serving as its Executive Director until merging TNVLA with the Arts & Business Council in 2009. She has

Tim Warnock’s practice is focused almost exclusively on commercial and intellectual property litigation in federal and state courts. He has extensive jury and non-jury trial experience in corporate and business litigation, entertainment litigation, intellectual property litigation, construction litigation, employment litigation and general commercial litigation. Mr. Warnock is

Noah McPike is a senior associate with Almon Law, PLLC (a U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Tier 1. Law Firm in Entertainment Law – Music, 2013) practicing entertainment, intellectual property, and business/corporate law on Nashville’s famed Music Row. Noah is a member of the Tennessee Bar Associations, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Recording Academy of America, the

Chris L. Vlahos focuses his practice on entertainment, copyright and commercial litigation as well as other intellectual property matters. Mr. Vlahos has represented recording artists, songwriters, record companies, music publishers, book publishers, telecommunications companies and other corporate and individual clients in various litigation matters, including the joint defense of hundreds of